The Incredibly Sad Story Of How One Couple Let Their Child Die Because They Were Addicted To The Internethttp://www.businessinsider.com/south-koreas-internet-addiction-epidemic-2014-7/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Tue, 26 Sep 2017 18:48:20 -0400Maya Kosoffhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/53da9d08eab8eac32fc0cc6cKris34Thu, 31 Jul 2014 15:46:16 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53da9d08eab8eac32fc0cc6c
He got a year. She didn't get any time. She was pregnant at sentencing. What happened with that child? It's just as additive as gaming. And just as tragic.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53cd0411eab8eade0ce2dba0David EMon, 21 Jul 2014 08:14:09 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53cd0411eab8eade0ce2dba0
Just a devil's advocate on the matter... Since they made money from the game (and probably their only source of income), would that change the mind and situation of the matter?
Personally, death penalty is a bit extreme because many people would be getting the same thing here in the US when children leave on their own while they go to work (since they can't afford the babysitter). I understand baby was severely neglected but the question I find is: is their gaming addiction the primary cause or one of other factors that resulted in the tragic situation. At the end, addiction or not, they should pay for their actions... I just find your comment to be a bit off in terms of punishment..http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53c08d80ecad040a7515783dAboboFri, 11 Jul 2014 21:21:04 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53c08d80ecad040a7515783d
They were playing online games and failed to care for their child. They must go to jail or are hopefully in jail by now. At one point I was addicted to videogames, thankfully I didn't have the responsibility of taking of a child at the time. Time goes by quickly when playing video games and some games are quite addictive especially the ones where you rank up and unlock new stuff. The rather easy rewards where it's just simply the more you play the more you earn rather than based on merit, which would obviously frustrate the less than skilled players or non hardcore gamers.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53c00ae669bedd141378d755weN naciremA maerDFri, 11 Jul 2014 12:03:50 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53c00ae669bedd141378d755
The internet is an addiction in the same way that television and video games are an addiction.
Not only is the internet an addiction, but it opens up the ability to access multiple addictions from the convenience of your home (gambling, pornography, spending, etc.). You are correct that there is a certain element of "the parent not doing their job" but as integrated as the world wide web is in our society, it is absurd to suggest this is not an addiction.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53bf965269bedd5129a6d856johnny vFri, 11 Jul 2014 03:46:26 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53bf965269bedd5129a6d856
The internet is not an addiction. It is a social learning venue. Nobody would of said the parents were addicted to TV if this happened in the 80's. They would of just said "They are bad parents" and TV is worse than the internet because you can't learn as much. If the parents left their kids in the car to go shopping would the headline read: "Parents addicted to shopping?"http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53bf3070ecad04a272ee552efreeman70Thu, 10 Jul 2014 20:31:44 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53bf3070ecad04a272ee552e
I still remember reading about this a few years ago and my overall opinion hasn't changed. Mental illness or not, the couple should receive the death penalty. The depth of their depravity to starve their own poor defenseless child while they raised a virtual child at an Internet cafe. They should be starved to death in exactly the same manner. We don't need to keep people like these around.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53bee0d6ecad043248d9ba9aD JThu, 10 Jul 2014 14:52:06 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53bee0d6ecad043248d9ba9a
I don't see this as an Internet issue, but rather a negligence-from-addiction issue. I read a few months ago, "Florida man accused of suffocating toddler in order to play more video games." He wrapped up the baby, and went back to playing games. What's the difference?